ADCI Underwater Today

July 9, 2021

Fisk Marine Insurance International, LLC
INDUSTRY NEWS
The Ever Given resumed its journey and left the Suez Canal on Wednesday, 106 days after becoming wedged across a southern section of the waterway for nearly a week and disrupting global trade.

Visit https://www.reuters.com/world/ever-given-container-ship-set-leave-suez-canal-2021-07-07/ to view the full article online.

 
Biden wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump, the White House officials said. As the U.S. economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s critical that energy supplies keep pace, which requires stable oil market conditions, they said.

Visit https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/7/6/drill-baby-drill-biden-administration-wants-more-opec-oil to view the full article online.

 
Teledyne Marine Systems USA
The uncomfortable truth is that in the lead up to the event, the asset’s management had been supplied with several reports that predicted what later transpired.

Visit https://www.oedigital.com/news/489027-piper-alpha-is-it-an-if-or-a-when-it-happens-again to view the full article online.

 
Dive Commercial International, Inc.
Simpson Strong-Tie
Denso North America Inc.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
London-based waste management company Cory has revealed that its entire fleet of tugs will convert to low carbon biofuel.

Visit https://www.offshore-energy.biz/waste-carrying-tug-boats-to-run-on-biofuel/ to view the full article online.

 
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone has installed 50 kilometers of the gas pipeline for the Baltic Pipe project in the Baltic Sea.

Visit https://www.offshore-energy.biz/baltic-pipe-construction-at-full-throttle-with-50km-done/ to view the full article online.

 
Ocean Technology Systems
NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Oh Thursday, GHGSat, a company specializing in high-resolution remote sensing of greenhouse gases from space, announced it would research its high-resolution, space-based methane monitoring technology to measure emissions from offshore oil and gas platforms.l

Visit https://www.oedigital.com/news/489033-oil-majors-join-project-to-monitor-methane-emissions-from-offshore-platforms-by-satellite to view the full article online.

 
Researchers recently unveiled an autonomous excavator system (AES) that can perform material loading tasks nearly comparable to that of an experienced human operator.

Visit https://www.constructiondive.com/news/researchers-deploy-autonomous-excavator-in-real-world-scenario/602842/ to view the full article online.

 
Already delivering decisive efficiency gains to an ever-increasing variety of ship types, ABB Azipod electric propulsion now benefits from an automated steering function that helps further minimize fuel consumption and emissions.

Visit https://www.worldoil.com/company-news/2021/7/1/abb-enhances-efficiency-of-azipod-electric-propulsion-with-digital-solution to view the full article online.

 
Bottom Dwellers Dive Shack
A fierce explosion that happened on a containership has rocked Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port resulting in a large cloud of flame, Dubai Media Office reported.

Visit https://www.offshore-energy.biz/containership-explosion-rocks-dubais-jebel-ali-port/ to view the full article online.

 
From the Pages of Underwater Magazine
Read this article to learn about the most vulnerable parts of the communications line on the umbilical – the ends.

Visit https://www.underwatermagazine.com/2021/04/wire-up-part-1/ to view the full article online.

 
Saab Seaeye Ltd